Tamara Vagg

Ms. Tamara Vagg


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Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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8 July 2020
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TVTamara Vagg
Tamara Vagg
CSCathy Shortt
Cathy Shortt
CFClaire Fleming
Claire Fleming
MMMairead McCarthy
Mairead McCarthy
Tatiana TabircaTatiana Tabirca
Tatiana Tabirca
BPBarry J. Plant
Barry J. Plant
In this chapter, we will discuss the design and development of a patient passport mHealth application for Cystic Fibrosis adults from ideation to app-store release. By allowing the patients access to their own unique data, it is anticipated that it will be of benefit when travelling abroad and between CF centres. The design process followed a pipeline we developed that is informed by patient and healthcare professional input. The app structure resembles an Irish patient file and is divided into three categories: “My CF Info”, “My Medical History”, and “My Clinical Appointments”. My CF Info allows the patient to store personal information such genotype, medical team contact information, physiotherapy, allergies, and medications. My Medical History allows the user to record information such as CF renal disease, CF diabetes, and the insertion/removal of a portacath/gastrostomy tube. My Clinical Appointments allows the user to record the type of appointment (annual assessment, clinic, other) and all information that would ordinarily be inserted into a patient file such as weight, height, spirometry and other comments. Weight and lung function are also displayed in a plot graph. The app has undergone pilot testing with five CF adults before being rolled out onto the Google Play Store.

24 August 2018
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TVTamara Vagg
Tamara Vagg
CSCathy Shortt
Cathy Shortt
CHClaire Hickey
Claire Hickey
JEJoseph A. Eustace
Joseph A. Eustace
BPBarry J. Plant
Barry J. Plant
STSabin Tabirca
Sabin Tabirca